Archive for November, 2009

So, China has made $600 billion in infrastructure investment? Where has it gone? Is this one of the answers? Click here for the video - the report starts at 1:15 minutes... »

This is a fun exercise in the utility and accuracy of mechanical translation. Go to Translation Party and input a random sentence. I used the opening of Lincoln's Gettysburg address. The script then does an automatic translation of the English into Japanese. Then it translates the Japanese to English, then back again. It will keep doing this until the English... »

Over the weekend, Solon Enterprises' corporate bank was seized by the FDIC. This post is to inform our clients that this DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. In the 1930's, this would have been a disaster. Today, it's simply a news item. US Bank has taken over California National's operations, and none of the customers will see any changes or notice any difference.... »